Obituaries:  Henry Mitchell, Sabine Parish       M-324
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 22, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net 

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Henry Mitchell 
  
  Mr. Willis Henry Mitchell, 62, of Robeline, passed away at 7 
a.m., Saturday, Feb. 17, while fox hunting, of an apparent heart 
attack. A lifetime resident of Natchitoches Parish, Mr. Mitchell 
was married in 1930 in Robeline, and was an active member in 
civil affairs. 
  
  He was City Marshal of Robeline for 17 years, a deputy sheriff 
with the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office for eight years, 
and an active member of the Northwest Louisiana Fox Hunters 
Association, and the Hickory Grove Congregational Methodist 
Church. He was also a former member of the Louisiana Peace 
Officers Association, and was the treasurer of the Natchitoches 
Area Action Association. 
  
  Services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Hickory 
Grove Congregational Methodist Church, with the Rev. Wilmer 
Birdwell, and the Rev. Raymond Rodeheaver officiating. Interment 
was in the Shamrock Cemetery, under the direction of First 
National Funeral Home. 
  
  Survivors are his wife, Vera McCrory Mitchell; one son, Mr. W. 
H. Mitchell Jr. of Bossier City; one daughter, Mrs. Sue Lambert 
of Robeline; one brother, Sammy Mitchell of Robeline; six 
sisters, Mrs. Lola Brown, and Mrs. Irene Tarpley of Many, Mrs. 
Kate Leonard of Pleasant Hill, Mrs. Maude Veuleman of Robeline, 
Mrs. Fannie Morris of Many, and Mrs. Mamie Scarbrough of Mobile, 
Ala.; and five grandchildren. 
  
  Active pallbearers were Lonnie Weeks, Charlie Weeks, Luther 
Shoemaker, Myrtle Davis, Watson Teer, Jimmy Colston, Warren 
Scarborough, and Jack Dockens.